Hunters Chase asks to join 10:03am EST - Druss

There are two people who would like to get into the Source, One of them is Acklebar Gromish, and the other is Hunters Chase.

Here is the note Hunters sent to me, and said I could post to the list.

Well Ive been out of alliegance for quite some time now, i guess 2 months by now, and have only been in one.

I guess to start Ill fill you in on how i know about your clan, and what struck me about it, then if you would like to continue dialouge, that would be fantastic.

I started using Mayoi meeting hall about a month ago, having two accounts, primary a mage, and secondary just mules and portallers. I came up with this grand scheme of making a melee charater, for i had never know the ways of the strong, and created a mace warrioress, named Hunters Chase. I would boost her and she would go out into the wild and kill and run and heal and fight, well I began to have the time of my life. It became methodical, and i passed off all regulars and such in the hall, as at first i wanted privacy to buff my melee with my main, which is Flip. The ease of getting to the Archmage made it easy to restock, and stam potions were accessible, which is why i decided to make Mayoi home in the first place.

After a while, even playing Hunters in an olthoi dungeon or what not, I watched both screens, starting to pay attention to the regulars in Mayoi hall where Flip bathed in the mana pool awaiting her return. This is when i started to see a group that was together more than any I have seen, including my old clan, and I started feeling homesick. Well I watched this for several weeks, just having Flip sit in the pool, even if Hunters, which I was always playing firsthand, was out on her own fighting without a little nudge from spells. Always have them both logged
on, im an addict:) Anyway, i started to see a very put together group, from alot of members that had Druss as a monarch. I watched as several hunts were gone over and thought thru, and heard the stories when it was over, saw Serac trips completed, and I just got overwhelemed.
Something I have been looking for.

Lately, I even have piped up and dropped things as rav guts and iron ores and boosted strenghts and item masteries, not because i was looking for approval, but because i felt kinda like one of them. Things like this happen when you spend your space with a core group so long.

Well thats how I came about finding the clan, and if youd like I could go into detail of my history of an AC mage to the point where I created Hunters Chase. Ive had a great ride here in Dereth, but am severly lacking something now, family.

ramble ramble ramble
Id like to give my thanks to Rojon for taking the time to here me out when i finally had the nerve to speak out, pass that along if ya could.

Brandon
Flip, non life mage
Hunters Chase, mace

Jamie C. Wakefield
Druss

Prospective Member - Arch Massif 10:01am EST - Stylgar

Not sure if this is the best timing in the world, with a rather serious issue being deliberated, but - I would like to recommend/nominate, whatever I need to do Arch Massif for membership in the Source.

Arch Massif - War / Life / Item, level 10 (soon to be 11 this afternoon)
Mule - Farruq Asare (Mayoi)
Mule - Massif II (Shoushi)

He is a RL very good friend of mine. Online, he has played Massif as well as Arch Massif. I believe Barack/Balgarion and Khali/Blast Jr would also vouch for him. He has met many of the Source as one
person or character or the other. We hunted last week with Tamo, and then A-Cho.

He is also subscribed to the list - Go ahead and speak up Arch Massif!

He would be pledged to Stylgar. (Whoa, Rank 2!)

I believe he would be a great addition to the Source. Thank you.

- Wes
(Stylgar)

To Druss and The Source 10:01am EST - Highest Dark Revenant, Serac Vault

To Lord Druss and Members of The Source,

You and your followers have proved yourselves in plundering the Dagger of Tikola from our stronghold in Tikola's Cellars. I congratulate you and your followers in your efforts.

Then again, I laugh at your feeble attempts in the Serac Vault. It was with pleasure that we watched Mizu-No's corpse decay after his foolhardy entry some time ago,

The visit by a handful of your bravest warriors and mages was at best foolhardy. We enjoyed watching you suffer and snickered at seeing you run around without armor. You party had to summon a portal to exit our vault rather than use the provided one. Weaklings.

I put forth the following challenge: The Source will never own the Serac Vault. Simple as that. You will never pull the major stone from our grasp.

With utter contempt,

Highest Dark Revenant
Serac Vault

Portal to anywhere? 10:01am EST - Rojon

There's a person posting on CoD claiming to be able to summon a portal to any point in Dereth. Its theorized that if you taught a character Summon without actually ever entering a portal, they would summon to the last place they logged in.

Of course that means Speedy runs anywhere in Dereth he wants to "tie" to, logs off and on, then runs all the way back to civilization so others can tie to his summoned portal which theoretically will be where he logged.

Sounds like a helluva way to run a railroad. :S

Still, think of being able to summon/tie people to places like the Ice Shrine, HoLL and other places that you can't tie to.

Given that, I might just make Speedy Gonzales my next project:

[Attributes]
Strength=10
Endurance=10
Coordination=10
Quickness=100
Self=100
Focus=100

[Skills]
Available Points=0
Trained=Appraise Item,Jump,Loyalty,Magic Defense,Staff,Mana Conversion,Life Magic,Creature Enchantment,Arcane Lore
Specialized=Run,Item Enchantment

[Heritage]
Selected=Gharu'ndim

I could macro this mule to do the same thing in a week of nighttime macroing. In fact I just might.

All xp goes into Focus/Self/Item until it can Summon, then it goes into Run/health to make him fast and live longer.

Life and Creature ensure he gains xp from macroing fastest, and to boost his skills when he learns portal spells.

Cellars Trip Report 10:00am EST - Jackaroo

Well the Cellars was actually uneventful. We had a big turnout and split into 2 groups. It was really cool to see so many mid levelers out there and hats off to Boreal for getting up in the middle of the night! The liches were begging us for mercy.

After the Cellars some of us regrouped and went to S Dires. This is where things got interesting. I don't remember the whole sequence of events but suffice to say we spent most of our time there doing corpse recovery and dealing with the lag. Probably the funniest part was when several of us got debuffed by the new high level Bandy. Hehe I think it was there revenge for so many slaughters by the Source at Bandy Camp.

It looks to me as if the mid levelers should stick to S Dires or the Citadels. We have graduated from eastern Dereth for the most part I think. I plan to run Jackaroo down and tie to the Citadel near Kara to portal people there. The Lin Citadel was ridiculously crowded the other night.

-Alex (Beryl/Jackaroo)

Trust me - its time 7:56pm EST - Druss

It is time for the Source to have a new monarch. I have long said that the Source is just a good group of people, it doesn't have anything to do with me being leader. So now, I request that someone else be monarch for a while.

I wrote this letter two days ago, sent it to my wife and she said "let is sit for a few days." And it has. And I feel no different. I desperatly need a break from the responsibility. I know you all understand.

Reasons?

1. Mare and I are enjoying Darktide, and I don't like feeling like I am abandoning people. While HG is still our primary home, we do play over there about 50% of the time lately. I think the Source of HG should have a monarch that plays there almost exclusively.

2. Mutt just bought me a copy of EQ and I know I will want to at least look at it. I might actually play there a bit. The devious bastard actually bought it and sent it to me to try and get me hooked.

3. Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

What that means is - I just want to be another member of the Source for a while. I want to come and go as I please, play where I wish, when I wish, and not feel like I am doing something wrong. I want to be able to leave this game if I feel like it, and not feel like a cad. I want to go on group expeditions and not worry so much because I am the leader. I want to leave responsibility behind for a little while. I'm sure you all understand.

I nominate Miko K-sun (Or Simone) to take over for me for a bit. If they will have the job. He probably won't.

But

1. He's the man I most trust with the job
2. He's the best fighter of all of of us.
3. He's the richest of all of us.
4. He's one of the few people that I could pledge too
5. He has a lot of respect from a lot of people on HG
6. He has no kids and a significant other that plays.

All these are essential.

thanks

Jamie
Druss

The Source Subway: a proposal 7:55pm EST - Rojon

How about a Source "Subway"?

I plan on having at least 2 mules that can summon tied to different frequently visited locations. It takes about a week of night-time macroing to get a mule to level 20 (where most high level dungeons start limiting access) and if anyone else would like to do the same I'd be happy to help out.

My point is, if we can get 5 or 6 mules tied to the most common sites, we can make our OWN Source "Subway"!

Anyone interested in participating?

Warning to those going to Folthid's 10:02pm EST - Jackaroo

the message was intercepted in route to the Cellars...

_____________________________________________

Note to Liches guarding the Green Rooms,

We have substantial information that a ragtag fellowship calling themselves "The Source" will make yet another attempt to plunder Tikola's dagger from our stronghold tomorrow evening. You are ordered to obliterate them. Be particularily cautious of their numbers. Utilize the strength of your life spells to render their combat ineffective. Finish them with spells of cold, fire and lightening.

Our sources hear of their plans to overwhelm you with magic, missile weapons and close ranged combat. It is likely they will wield weapons of fire and you may be imperiled by their life magic. Be prepared, they are followers of the powerful Monarch Druss. The bite of his axe is a bitter memory. We have defeated him in Serac Vault but fear that he will rise up again and push us from the Serac Vault soon. His followers are determined. The Nexus may be our only hope.

Your master,

Highest Dark Revenant
Nexus Dungeon

This Weekend 8:25pm EST - Rojon

I'd like to set up a couple of events for this weekend.

First of all, I'd like to get the Atlan tool. Is it feasible to do this Friday night at 8ish? Some people have been there, would you please step forward and make yourselves known?

Secondly, I'd like to take any midlevels who can handle Ice Golems (generally lvl 17+) to the Mountain Retreat and the Ice Shrine. If we do this early enough on Saturday our European friends can join in if they wish to come. Is 2pm EST too early for folks?

If you plan on spending a few days at the shrine I recommend you have lifestone/portal recall so you only ever have to make this run once. Its a good half-hour, forty-five minute run through the nastiest of East Dereth's creatures including Mites, Tuskers and even some shadows. I have a route planned with
several lifestones along the way and even some sightseeing thrown in to ease the boredom of the run.

If you are interested and plan on attending please reply and say so now. If the times are not good, say so as well.

Lugie Lewt 8:19pm EST - Druss

There are a lot more source there than you realize.

Look for

Crimson Shadow
Mandrek
Silver Fist
Drake Draco
Ictininhival

as well.

Also, the best lugian fort is almost to Kara. Its a hell of a run, but its a lot less crowded.

67.9, 62.6


Jamie C. Wakefield
Druss

My son has arrived 8:17pm EST - Mizu-no

I would like to announce the arrival of
Zane Brendan Loggins
Born 8:40 am June 25 2000
weight 8lbs 2 oz
21 inches long
mother and baby are doing fine

Thanks All 1:15pm EST - Khali

I want to send a presonal thanks to all thanks help make the Fire stone outing a great victory. There wasn't alot of purple tunnel rides and everyone worked together. I would like to thank:

Druss for keeping it all together and making sure everyone was taken care of.

Deao for being a trooper and staying with the Drainers when we were short.

Nez and Sister C for proving you don't have to be a Ho to drain. Also for doing a great job on keeping the Nasty Pit Clear

Gryff for Playing Bodyguard and feeding Stam to Nez and Sister C

Rojon and Miko for thier great leadership keeping the group together and pushing on after Carma Died

Also to that XBow guy(I forget his name) Karis and Carma would have never
made it to the bottom if he hadn't been with us

But first and formost Everyone did a great job and I would go to war
with any of you guys. That isn't something I tell everyone.

PS We would have gotten lose many time if kelly hadn't been telling me
where to go.

CyBlade
Carma
Dave and Kelly

Styles 1:42pm EST - Khali

I finally added link styles to the site. As part of this, I removed the "text decoration" which underlines the links. If anyone can't tell anymore where the links are, let me know what platform/browser/version you are using and I'll try to make some adjustments to the colors to make them more visible.

Cellar Run 6:47pm EST - Jackaroo

We (Astura, Stylgar and Jackaroo) are going to the [Folthid] Cellars next Wednesday night. Can you make it??? Starting time will be 8:00 [CST?].

I think its safe to assume we'll meet at the well in Yanshi. - Khali

NEED TO SEE THE KING PLEASE 6:47pm EST - Mizu-No

Hey druss its time
I have all the components
I need you too cook and I need an alchemist to oil my strings
I should have the thigh bone all carved soon
Soo can we set a time and place to do this

John Loggins

Sniper Glennnn now can make us Quality ingots his Alchemy is so high.

He did the strings for Rach' mann

We need deao around to buff me and sniper.

Hopefully sniper will be on tonight

Jamie C. Wakefield

New SplitPea 6:31pm EST - Hiro

A new version of Split Pea came out today, and even the non-mages will want to pick this one up. This one has a feature I've been tinkering around with myself (now I don't have to write the code myself!)- Goal achievement. Basically, you put all your primary, secondary, trained and specialized stats in, tell the program what you WANT your stats to look like, and it will determine the optimal way to spend your xps. For instance, if your Sword skill is at 150, and your String and Coord are each at 100, and you want to get your sword skill to 200, do you dump xps into strength, coord, or sword directly? Now Split Pea will tell you. Anyway, it's worth checking out... http://cc.xrgaming.net/taper/

Dan/Hiro(Fyre)

Hello from Boreal 3:25pm EST - Boreal

Hello!

I am Boreal, Ordius's prospective vassal. I've been on this list for at least a few weeks now but I decided to lurk until I was officially pledged into The Source. However, with the postponement of the Prospective Vassal Outing, I've decided I can be patient no more :)

I've met lots of you in game already and am really looking forward to joining The Source proper. This has been on the cards for a long time... I first spoke to Sister C about potentially joining in mid-May and ended up deciding to remake my character first. He made level 10 over a week ago and then Ordius started arranging the vassal outing. With its postponement and Ordius's new working hours (CONGRATS BEN! That was quick!) I have no idea when it'll be rearranged for, so I'm just going to pretend I'm in the Source already ;)

And now, a few details:

Boreal is an archer and item/life/creature mage and is currently level 15 and permanently in Mayoi. His magical abilities leave a lot to be desired, but I'm still getting used to being an archer, let alone a mage ;) He can kill Sandstone Golems, Banderling Ravers and Amploth Lugians and dies to Mattekars and armoredillos (that spinning stuff really hurts without a shield)! Ordius spoils him completely and therefore he has The Gorgeous Bow to play with. He is always looking for people to fight with so if you're bored and in Mayoi, please send him a /tell!

I also have another character called Neroli. She is a level 23 swordswoman (NO ITEM) who runs between Mayoi and Qalaba'r carrying Aqua Incantus several times a week :) She is not a bad little fighter though and I still play her fairly often. She is not Source but she hunted Mayoi beach with Rhodry when she was level 6 and did the Folthid Cellar with Druss and Sister C when she was level 15 so she counts as 'Friend of Source' I think :)

I live in England so unfortunately my online times are different to most people. On the upside, I am horribly addicted to this game and play constantly sacrificing sleep, domestic chores and social life...! I'm online pretty much every night from 6pm - 2am (1pm to 9pm EST) and ummm pretty much all afternoon and night at weekends: typically 3pm - 5am (10am to midnight EST). Having said that I'm going away this weekend so won't be around - aaargh! The withdrawal symptoms!!

Druss and I started emailing each other about Magic when Derelor was still Type II legal and Ordius has seen me in real life at tournaments. There's probably a few other Sourcers out there who've read my columns on The Dojo. My name is Alice Coggins and I'm a 25 year old ex-Magic player/writer. These days I occasionally write Asheron's Call articles.

Hmm, this has got quite long hasn't it?

One last thing... with regard to the Prospective Vassal Outing. I really really really want to do this soon. If I have to get up at 2am on a weeknight then I will. Friday or Saturday would be better as I don't have to work the next day. Midnight EST is okay too because I can just get up at 5am and play for a couple of hours before work ;) At the end of the day, I will go whenever it is though! I'm quite flexible (not to mention impatient lol) so please don't delay the Outing on account of my silly time zone!

Cheers,

--Alice
Boreal and Neroli

Tonight's Prospective Vassal Outing Cancelled 10:31am EST - Ordius

1) ...So, again, long story short, I was fired/quit (I still don't know which, I basically had it out with him over the phone then hung up on him), and have already lined up a new job----which FINALLY brings us to problem Number One: This outing (6pm Eastern) falls smack dab in the middle of the hours of my new job! (5pm-9pm Eastern, Mon-Sat).

2) Lack of interest. Most people seem set on NEXT Wednesday at 8pm Central (9pm Eastern), which will be the 'official' vassal outing. My personal problem is that my prospective, Boreal, lives in England and cannot really start an outing at 2am, having to be at work the next day. Is there any solution/alternative to this? It seems like it will be very hard to coordinate US/Overseas prospective vassals at the same time...

Ben Bleiweiss
Ordius

If you didn't get the spam, go to egroups to read the portion that I snipped. Man Ben, that is some story. I hope your new job works out for you --Khali

Major fire stone Outing PEASE READ 8:39pm EST - Cyblade

To answer some questions about the Fire stone Outing. I have been doing alot of research on this stone as far as how to get it.

Question 1 How do we beat the Lag? A) leave 3 or more Mages behind. there is a safe room down by the first jump. These mages will stay in the safe room and drain everything that pops up. This will keep the spawn down and reduce the lag.

Question 2 What is friday all about? A) Firday is set for a small 30 min get together. to go over our plan. Everyone that I have talked to said the same thing. ' Have a plan before you get there. It will make things go smoother.' So friday at a set time all that want to go will get together in the mayoi meeting hall and go over what we will do when we get there. Also task will be set for all going.

Task are as follow:
Drainers
Fighters
Support

Other things to talk about: Who will Tie and where they will tie to How are we getting back after we get the stone Escape route if we have to bug out in a rush What time we are leaving and where from What is going to happen when we get to the room with the inferno and the stone Who will go in first and clear a staging area What the Fellowship will be and who will be in them

We will go in there a well Oiled Machine. Get the stone and get out. If we have a plan and everyone know thier part in that plan we will be Victorous.

There are somethings that will stop us from getting the stone
1) People not acting as a team
2) people not listening to the person set in charge of your fellowship
3) People thinking they know what to do and making mistakes

I was in the army for 5 years and in a war for 2 of them. I know what happens when you don't work together and you don't plan out all the details. I have lost some good friends because they thought they didn't need a plan and it was dumb. I'm still here for one reason, I plan and I follow the plan.

People we can get this stone. I know we can. All we have to do is pull together and we can make it work. The Source kicks Ass it is about time we let Dereth know what we can do when we work together.

After this is all said and done I'm going to post our adventure on CoD and let them all know The Source is a force to look for.

Come people we can do this. Are you with me or not

BRING IT!!!!!

Carma
CyBlade
--
David Langley

State of the Source 9:31am EST - Druss

1. Pete/Rhodry has decided to leave the Source. I fully support him in this
decision and we remain friends. I released him this morning so he would take
no xp hit. I eish him the best.

2. I fully support Phil's decision to make this a moderated list until the
flames die down.

3. Deao and Miko have decided to leave the list. I do not support them in
this and wish they would come back.

that is all

Jamie
Druss

Farik's MacroBot 6:37pm EST - Farik Il'Kadar

Here is a test release of my macro program.

It is not user-friendly. If you make mistakes, the program will likely not work.

Refer to the Readme.txt file for a detailed description of the correct format for the script file.

Test.bot is just a text file. Your scripts don't have to end in .bot, you'll be typing the filename to open it anyway.

The readme file also includes a list of things I want to add to the program:
- nonreadable keystrokes (Enter, Insert, PageDn, etc)
- graphical script editor
- Windows save/load dialogs
- check for AC to be running before sending keystrokes

If you have any questions or comments, please let me know, either here or in game.

Later
Steve L
(Farik il'Kadar)
(Astura al'Azif)

New Olthoi Dungeons 10:04pm EST - Rach' mann

There are 3 new olthoi dungeons, hope this is not a repeat.

48.9N 12.9W
55.7N 43.4E
Horde 64.3N 52.9E

Apparently the horde is HARDER than the vault... if you can't tank 10 or more soldiers at a time then be careful. Smell a source raid here. A group of 11 lvl 50+ could not make it past the first few rooms. fun. fun. fun.

Tusker Info 9:54pm EST - Ordius

Wow, a serious post from Ordius, who'da thunk it? ;) Anyhow, here's what's up:

A guy ran a test against about 20 tuskers in the new tusker dungeon to see if a certain thing saved him some damage. His results:

Doing this thing: He was critical hit about once every 12 hits.
Not doing this thing: He was critical hit about once every 4 hits.

What is 'This thing?'

Something stupid.
Something easy.
Something neglected for so long.

Wearing gauntlets.

Ordius

PS: Translated: Tuskers aim for hands, wear gauntlets and they won't hit you as hard, as often.

New Spell 9:36pm EST

Amaranth, onyx, cobalt, elder talisman. No other info so far.

Luggy Dungeon 9:35pm EST - Stylgar / Movarl

> Can I get the coords or instructions on how to get there please?
>
> Draco

Luggy Dungeon

They are in the updated data files of AC Explorer. Just WSW of Lin.

56.5S 67E

- Wes (Stylgar)

*******************

Actually it is NE of the Qbar LS. I'n sure of the coords on that, but the Lugian Citadel is located at 70.2S 24.3E. It's on a small hill and shouldn't be toohard to find. The monsters on the way are mostly Drudges so you shouldn't have much problem getting there.

Jeff Fitch

Coords for Halls of Metos 11:07pm EST - Rimgar Redsun

Ok kids, listen up. This dungy ROCKS, lots of Irons, Granites, Liches, Obsidys. I was down here a few days back and just hacked and slashed everything in sight. Was down w/Sac, Rhodry and Rieke again this afternoon and the place is still kick@ss. Anyways heres the courds and have fun. 56.0s 89.2w Rim

New Patch is Awesome 9:33pm EST - Miko K-sun

I don't care what anybody thinks this is cool shit..... I have a picture of the new tusker dungeon rojon how do I post?? just made 1 million xp killing tuskers trying to get to the 3rd room with Sac......

banderling stricker did this to me and I loved it...

imperal IV
bludge vul IV
clumsy IV
slow IV
weak IV

then 4 of them tried to kick my ass..... that was so cool...... they thru in a few lvl 5 war before I cleaned there clocks.....

if you arn't lvl 30 get the hell out of the dires and stay out dammit and that's the way it should be..... there is more stuff out there I want to see it all tonight :) and die lots only one death so far that is a bummer

keith

Not every creature should be a master life mage 9:36pm EST - Mizu-No

Umm
I like all the new monsters
I like the new AI
but
Life magic was irritating enough in players hands
Why give the monsters the same level of irritating spells?
It took 4 of us to bring down an Umbris today.
Why?
Because it cast drain health other on me 5 times in a row followed it up with a war spell and went on to draining some one else. This is not making a tougher creature it is making it irritating NOT EVERY CREATURE THAT WALKS SHOULD BE A MASTER LIFE MAGE.
And right now they are.
Why not give her a better AI and better armor and more hitpoints speed her up and have her attack like an LT?
Then you have a Tougher creature that is really hard to kill. WITHOUT life Magic.
You can make a freaking drudge skulker a monster to fear by giving him a life magic skill of 110 and Drain health other and an AI that just cast it all the time.
Very unoriginal
Very disappointing

New Monsters Review, Part I 9:27pm EST - The Silent Spearman

Banderling Strikers

These cast Imperil IV, Bludgeon Vuln IV, Slowness IV, Clumsiness IV, and Shock Wave IV and V. Their melee skills are low, however, and their HP is managable, except for the fact that they can also cast Heal Self IV and Drain Health IV. If you want a challenging Banderling, there you go. XP is about 3,600.

Banderling Berserkers

Very high attack power but no magic. They depend on the Imperil and Vulns of the Strikers to hurt you, basically, as with my full buffs at LV 35 they can only it me for about 4-8 a shot. Higher HP. XP is about 5,100.

Banderling Thrashers

Thrashers No magic that I can see, but they have very high melee skills and about 400 HP, as well as high defense. They depend on the help of the Banderling Enforcers to kill you. XP is unknown since I could only get one to 1/2 health before I ran out of stamina.

Banderling Enforcers

Give me a break...Cold Vuln V, Imperil VI, and Frost Bolt V and VI. Never even bothered getting close to these, XP unknown.

Altered Drudge

Uses lightning, I haven't seen these yet.

Malus Shreth

Pumped up replacement for Vorous that gives about 4,100XP for your trouble but is also harder to kill.

Skeleton Bone Knight

LV III Acid Vuln's and Imperils, but VERY high melee skills and ridiculous defense from the front (where their shield is). I hit these for 1-3 from the front with my Atlan buffed with LV 4's. Never killed one..

Skeleton Bone Lord

Lower melee skills but they fire Imperil V, Acid Vuln V like it's nobody's business. They also have fairly high defense. Never killed one.

Great Skeleton

I just run. Weakness, Slowness, and Clumsiness VI, along with (I assume) Imperil VI, Acid Vuln VI, and Acid Bolt VI. These guys are insane.

Diamond Golem

Supposedly requiring many men to take down, they should have said many melee's, since I have screenshots of one getting owned by a LV 38 Mage.. 25-30k XP/kill, probably insane LV 6 Jewelry and high value gems, possibly diamond scarabs.

Extos Lugians

LV 104 and I still own them. Nothing but Melee here, high defense but so what? Easy 8k XP for a 35th LV Melee. Loot reeks though, as far as I can tell.

Does anyone have anything to add?

TSS

Underwhelmed 9:26pm EST - Druss

So far, from what I have read, and seen in screenshots, I am seriously, seriously underwhelmed.

The spec fix is better than I thought. I will be getting about 10 -15 points added to my spec skills wen I log on. Better than I thought I would be getting.

The new monsters suck ass.

The new shreth is apparently judst barely higher level thasn a vorous and not too tough.

The HUGE skeletons - I've seen pictures, they are man sized.

The new monsters seem to be all life magic casting weenies. Bludgeon Vuln 4 then hit you with a mace or something.

So, they are tough in that they are hard to kill, but in a chessy, crappy,. life magic way.

just my negative thoughts. :-(

Miko?

Later

Jamie

Patch Preparation 12:43pm EST - Druss

As with all patches, I encourage everyone to do nothing dangerous after the sevrers come back up.

Dying is fine, dying and then getting the message - all servers will be coming down in 30 seconds, recover your corpse is not fine.

Just because of tradition - I will be loggging out in Yansh tonight.

Much like Mizu - I like to see alll the new changes from home first.

Like new trees and other things.

Oh, and everyone start sending in what they are specialized in - and what those currently are at. Because we need to compare notes tomorrow after the patch.

Later

jamie

Wedding Announcment 9:38am EST - Rhodry

Those of you i have found in game already know this, but some of you do not....

On 6/17 at 4:30 e.s.t. (If the sentinels agree) I (Rhodry) will be marrying Reiki Anzho, monarch of the Mystic Order of Blackthorn.

you are all welcome, nay requested to attend, the wedding will be held on the obsidian span bridge, i will arrange transport from mayoi.

There will also be a reception afterwards for those of you who wish to sit and drink and BS, it will be held in a hall/dungeon 1 or 2 clicks from the bridge

if anyone would like to help me organise this (i know movarl is an excellent caterer :oÞ) give me an @tell and i will be glad for your help.

also i would ask that no one wears a matty robe to the event, my bride to be will be wearing one as her wedding dress, and.... well there should be only one.

so if female mages could dress in life/war master robes or purple armour in the case of one particular female mage (you know who you are) and male mages should prolly dress in some sort of armour, or we might mistake you for one of the girls :o)

i would like to thank you all in advance for your time, and hope to see as many of you there as possible, both old faces and new friends.

Yours Happily Rhodry

p.s please excuse the weird formatting to this email i dont know what came over me :o)